NEW YORK—Top-ranked Indiana needed overtime to win the Legends Classic on Tuesday night, surviving a spirited comeback by Georgetown to extend its season-opening winning streak to five games with an 82-72 victory.

Yogi Ferrell, whose missed free throws in the final minute of regulation helped pave the way for Georgetown to send the game to overtime, found redemption in the extra session with an off-balance 3-pointer as the shot clock expired. The swish from the side of the court gave the Hoosiers a 78-68 lead with 57 seconds left, when a miss or a shot-clock violation would have given the Hoyas renewed life.

Ferrell scored 14 points, with four assists, and was 9-for-11 at the foul line. His misses happened to come at an inopportune time. Tournament MVP Jordan Hulls and Cody Zeller led Indiana with 17 points apiece.

Markel Starks scored a game-high 20 points for Georgetown, but fouled out in overtime, one of three Hoyas to do so.

Crimson and Crean and crunch time

Indiana coach Tom Crean may not mind the closeness of the game too much, as he got a chance to see what his team can do in a pressure situation, but without the pressure of impact on the conference standings. The Hoosiers will have something to work on after squandering a late eight-point lead.

After Starks' layup with 9:21 to go in the second half forged a 51-51 tie, Indiana held Georgetown scoreless for 5:38 until a three-point play by Mikael Hopkins. The problem for the Hoosiers was that they scored only eight points during the Hoyas' drought, so Hopkins was able to cut Indiana's lead to five points and set up a frantic final few minutes.

After wild possessions for both teams that resulted in no scoring for nearly two minutes, Hulls restored Indiana's lead to seven points with a drive into the middle of the paint for an open bucket. Greg Whittington immediately responded at the other end for Georgetown to make it 61-56.

Indiana then turned to Zeller, who made a low-post move and drew Hopkins' fifth and final foul with 1:18 remaining. Zeller hit both of his free throws, and again made it a three-possession game at 63-56.

Georgetown, though, was not done, and Starks hit a 3-pointer to cut Indiana's lead back to four points. Ferrell then went to the line for the Hoosiers and missed the front end of a one-and-one, opening the door again for the Hoyas.

Otto Porter then made his third 3-pointer in as many attempts, and the Hoyas fouled Ferrell again with 24.2 seconds left. This time, the freshman hit the front end of the one-and-one, but missed the second shot.

Following a timeout, Georgetown tied the game as Porter drove hard for a layup over Ferrell with 4.6 seconds left. Hulls found Zeller in the lane for a chance at a game-winning layup, but the attempt rimmed out and it was on to overtime.

Starks improvement

One night after scoring a career-high 23 points in Georgetown's win over No. 13 UCLA, Starks kept on scoring. The junior guard shot 7-for-14, posting back-to-back games of double-digit scoring for the first time since a three-game streak last December against American (18 points), Memphis (14) and Louisville (previous career-high 20).

Starks was at the forefront of the Hoyas' hot shooting from long range in the first half, going 3-for-4 on 3-pointers. As a team, Georgetown shot 8-for-14 from beyond the arc in the opening half, and finished 11-for-26. Starks was 4-for-7.

Georgetown's success on 3-pointers could partially be explained by Indiana's heavy reliance on zone defense, but the Hoosiers were not simply sitting back and allowing the Hoyas to shoot freely. Indiana's speed allows for better court coverage than most teams, and the Hoosiers did a good job getting out to contest the long-distance shots. Starks and the Hoyas were simply making them in the first half.

Zeller back on track

Monday night was only the fifth time in Zeller's career that the 6-11 forward failed to score double figures, as he was held to only six points in Indiana's victory over Georgia. It took a little more than 14 minutes for Zeller, the Big Ten's preseason Player of the Year, to surpass that total on Tuesday, as his sixth and seventh points came on a follow-up dunk after a missed jumper by Remy Abell.

Zeller shot only 4-for-11 from the floor, but was 9-for-13 at the line and added eight rebounds.

Victor Oladipo, who led Indiana with 15 points on Zeller's off night on Monday, turned in another strong performance, scoring 12 points on 4-for-5 shooting.